Echoes Under Stillbark

A tomb beneath the roots makes sounds it should not. Walk the chain that woke it.

Requirements

• Forage level 70
• Invoke level 65

Walkthrough

1. Hear the warden at Stillbark Bank
   The warden sets a bundle of bark shavings on the counter. 'Tomb under the south root has been humming for nine nights. Same tone every dusk. We sealed it a century back. Nothing in there should still have a voice.'
2. Examine the orchard above the tomb
   The orchard rows above the tomb are bowed inward toward a single point. The fruit on those trees came in early, dark, and small. The ground tastes of iron when you crouch to it.
3. Ask the foragers what changed
   A forager wipes her hands. 'Old man Veld came through cutting roots a month back. Said he was taking saplings to the mine for shoring. He took too many, and not from where saplings come from.'
4. Find where the roots ended up
   The mine foreman shrugs. 'Veld brought us roots, sure. We burned half for warmth. The other half he kept. Said they'd fetch a price from a brewer he knew. Took them west two weeks ago.'
5. Read the obelisk near the seal
   The obelisk's lower verse is fresh. Someone re-cut a single line in the past month. The new line names the wrong warden. The original verse held the seal closed by name. The wrong name breaks the binding.
6. Cut a true root from the orchard
   The orchard keeper picks the deepest root in the row and hands it over. 'Take it. If the seal needs a name and a root, give it the warden's true name and a root from the orchard above. It used to be the same tree.'
7. Reseal the tomb with the warden
   You bring the root to the warden and read him the re-cut verse. He grinds the wrong line off the obelisk with his own hand and speaks the true name. The humming dims by the third word and is gone by the seventh.

Rewards

Experience

• Forage: 184,000 XP
• Invoke: 184,000 XP
• Farm: 184,000 XP
• Alms: 184,000 XP

Items

• Gold × 15,000
• [T3] Perfect Crystal × 1
• [T3] Large Lamp × 1

Reroll Credits: 75